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market cross, Dalton-in-Furness
Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Dalton-in-Furness
civil parish:-   Dalton Town with Newton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   market cross
locality type:-   cross
coordinates:-   SD22637395
1Km square:-   SD2273
10Km square:-   SD27
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
CEJ12.jpg (taken 20.11.2015)  

evidence:-   old print:- Bradley 1901
source data:-   Print, uncoloured lithograph, Dalton-in-Furness Castle, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire, by Joseph Pennell, published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1901.
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In front is the market cross. 
On page 266 of Highways and Byways in the Lake District, by A G Bradley. 
item:-  JandMN : 464.72
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MARKET CROSS AND STONE BENCHES / / MARKET PLACE / DALTON TOWN WITH NEWTON / BARROW IN FURNESS / CUMBRIA / II / 388512 / SD2263073956"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Market cross and stone benches on site of earlier cross. 1869-70 (Walton). Limestone. 4-step platform and 3-step base to chamfered, square column surmounted by plain cross. 2 stone benches set as quadrants within pebble pavement on east side. The benches have slab pillars and tilted tops and were used for the sale of fish at public market. (Walton J E: Dalton in Furness in Old Picture Postcards: Netherlands: 1983-: PL 31)."

evidence:-   old print:- Waugh 1860
source data:-   Print, engraving, Dalton Castle, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, published by Alexander Ireland and Co, 22 Market Street, Manchester, 1860.
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On p.41 of Over Sands to the Lakes, by Edwin Waugh. 
printed at bottom:-  "DALTON CASTLE."
item:-  Armitt Library : A1082.14
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evidence:-   old print:- Jopling 1843
item:-  whipping post
source data:-   Print, market cross etc, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, by Charles M Jopling, published by Whittaker and Co, Ave Maria Lane, London and by Stephen Soulby, Ulverston, Cumberland, 1843.
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On p.31 of a Sketch of Furness and Cartmel, by Charles M Jopling. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A1636.7
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